Support for well-walls



(No Model.)

wwna/we/p A. M. KAUPPMAN. SUPPORT FOR WELL WALLSL UNITED STATES PATENT ;OFFICE.

ARTHUR M. KAUFFMAN, OF FOUR CORNERS, IOWA.

SUPPORT FOR WELL-WALLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 576,784, dated February 9, 1897.

Application filed June 15,1896. Serial No. 595,567. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. KAUFFMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Four Corners, in the county of Jefferson and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Well-Valls; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to supports for wellwalls constructed of a tiling, sewer, or culvert p1pe.

Heretofore in walling wells with tiling, sewer, or culvert pipe difficulty has been experienced when sandy or loose earth was reached. WVhen such material wasreached, the manner of working heretofore employed has been to bore out the earth at the bottom of the lowest section of tiling and allow the tiling constitutin g the walls to fall by gravity. Owing to the fact that the auger or well-sinking tool will break the lower section of tiling when being manipulated, this causes the upper sections of tiling to tilt over out of alinement and become broken, thereby blocking the well and rendering it impossible to further proceed with operations.

My object is to obviate the difficulty mentioned, and this is accomplished by the provision of an improved support and fastening for holding the lower sections of the tiling together, so that when the operation heretofore described is going on said sections of tiling will be prevented from jarring out of alinement, thereby allowing a continuation of the boring, so that the sandy or treacherous sections of earth can be passed successfully.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my improved wellwallsupport connected to sections of tiling. Fig. 2 is a top view, and Fig. 3 a perspective View, of the support, but with the sections of tiling removed.

The numeral 1 designates a heavy annular shoe, which is of the same diameter as the tiling with which it is to be used. This shoe is provided with 'a series of outwardly-exten ding lugs 2, having suitable apertures formed therethrough.

The sections of tiling are designated by the numeral 3.

A series of upright rods 4, having hooked upper ends 5, have their lower ends passed through the lugs on the shoe and provided withadjusting-nuts 6.. There is a series of curved clamping-rods which are of the same construction. These rods are straddled by the hooked upper ends of the vertical rods, and they are provided at one end with an eye 8 and at the other end with a hook 9. The bent end of one of the curved rods is screwthreaded, and on it there is located an adj usting-nut 10. The hooked end of each curvedrod is in engagement with the eye of the next rod, so that when thus connected they form a band or clamp which encircles one of the sections of tiling.

The various nuts may be adj usted after the sections of tiling have been superimposed upon the shoe, so that said sections and the shoe will be held rigidly together.

In walling the well when a sandy or treacherous section of earth is reached my improved well-wall support is first placed in position at the bottom of the well. Single lengths of tiling are then placed upon the support until the upper section is close to or flush with the surface of the earth. The boring-tool'is then set in operation inside of wall and at the bottom thereof. It is impossible for the tiling to become broken by the anger, as the heavy shoe remains at the bottom of the well where the cutting or boring operation is being carried on. The auger can thus be safely used to loosen and bore out the treacherous material. A sand-pump or mud-bucket may now be employed to remove the loosened earth, and while this operation is going on the well-walling will sink by gravity, but owing to the position and construction of my improved wellwall'support the lower sections of tiling will not jar loose or tilt over and fill up the bore of the Well, so that the boring operation can be continued and the well completed.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a well-wall support, the combination with sections of well walling or lining, of an open shoe on which the lowest section of lining rests, and a fastening connected to said with sections of well walling or lining, of an open shoe on which the lowest section of lining rests, rods having their lower ends connected to said shoe and extending upwardly on the outside of the sections of lining, and a fastening connected to the upper portions of the rods and encircling one of the sections of lining.

4. In a well-wall support, the combination with sections of well walling or lining, of a lower open shoe, upright rods connected to the shoe and having hooks at their upper ends, and a band encircling one of the sections of lining and connected to said hook portions of the upright rods.

5. In a well-wall support, the combination with sections of well walling or lining, of an open shoe, upright rods connected to said shoe, and a detachable band made in sections and connected to the upright rods, said band encircling one of the sections of lining.

6. In a well-wall support, the combination with sections of well walling or lining, of a shoe, upright rods connected to said shoe, and a "band connected to the 'upright'rods and composed of sectionshaving eyes at one end and hooks at the other end, the respective eyes and hooks interlocking, and the band encircling one of the sections of lining.

7. In a Well-wall support,'the combination with sections of well walling or lining, of a shoe upright rods connected to the shoe, and an adjustable band encircling one of the sections of lining and connected to the upright rods.

S. In a well-wall support, the combination with sections of well'walling or lining, of adjustable upright rods connected to the shoe, and an adjustable band encircling one of the sections of lining and connected to the upright rods.

9. In a well-wallsupport,.the combination with sections of well walling or lining, of an annular shoe provided with lugs, upright rods passing through said lugs and provided with adjusting-nuts attheir lower ends and with hooks at their upper ends, and a band encircling one of the sections of lining and provided with an adj usting-nut, the hooks on the upright rods straddling saidbands.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR M. KAUFFMAN.

\Vitn esses:

F. O. DANIELSON, P. L. BOWMAN. 

